Tags archives: BuzzFeed

This just in: media moguls like to lie about traffic.
Earlier today, Gawker writer Adam Weinstein criticized Business Insider's Nicholas Carlson for changing an article about BuzzFeed's surging traffic to reflect the positive affects of their heav[...]

This week, The Atlantic profiled 17-year-old Xavier Di Petta and 19-year-old Kyle Cameron, the founders of numerous viral social media accounts; wouldn't ya know it, there are such a thing as marketing prodigies.
Di Petta, who lives in a small tow[...]

The Dodo, a news site focused on animals, officially launched earlier today, according to TechCrunch. Unlike the thousands (millions?) of animal-focused sites popping up daily, The Dodo has the Magic Media touch of Ken Lerer, the Huffington Post/Buzz[...]

Refinery29, the fast-growing fashion and beauty website, has raised a $20 million Series C round from Stripes Group, and is "doubling down" on content, according to PandoDaily.
Ah, content...there was a time, maybe a year ago, when creating slides[...]

According to Silicon Hill News, Austin-based Cinegif has raised $500,00 in angel funding for its "animated graphic technology" marketing platform.
Basically, they specialize in GIF-marketing, and in addition to a 'Do It Yourself' tool they also ho[...]

Disappointing that Putin chose the NY Times for his op-ed, instead of @Medium
— FakeJeffJarvis (@ProfJeffJarvis) September 12, 2013
The New York Times has just published an op-ed from Russian President Vladimir Putin, "A Plea For Caution From Rus[...]

trueAnthem has raised $2.6 million from CrunchFund, Core Ventures Group and others, according to TechCrunch, and wants to help publishers monitor their content's impact across social media.
"Social media analytics," in other words -- not exactly a[...]

According to TechCrunch, Glam Media has raised a $25 million funding round led by Keating Capital, in preparation for an upcoming IPO.
Online blogs are going through IPOs now? Somebody call David Carr, journalism's saved!
Glam Media runs over 4[...]

RebelMouse has raised a $10.25 million Series A funding round led by Oak Investment Partners and SoftBank Capital, according to TechCrunch.
RebelMouse is led by CEO Paul Berry, former CTO of the Huffington Post, and allows users to filter their so[...]

The New York Times reported today that their digital business is currently worth about $360 million, according to Henry Blodget at Business Insider. And Mr. Blodget -- in typical troll-mode -- says that the robust cash-flow is a sign that "no one eve[...]

Timehop, a mobile app which sends daily updates about what you were doing one year ago, has raised a $3 million funding round, according to TechCrunch.
The company was originally named "4Squareand7YearsAgo," which I actually kind of dig for its q[...]